Antons Hardware channel I love hardware! I've been building computers since 1991 and read a lot about it since. According to my wife I spent too much money on new hardware. Any suggestions are welcome!
I wanna use it for a lavalier clip on mic cause it sounds horrible onboard with terrivle noise. That little mic has over 1000 ohms impedance on 3.5mm jack. Can you test if this dac will be enough for something loke that?
I still have the Sennheiser PC37X (Massdrop) gaming headset, but switched to the Sennheiser HD58X (also Massdrop) with a seperate mic. Mujch nicer and music is awesome. I am selling the PC37X.
Yeah I was kinda don't believe in Logitech in the first place too, since I don't have much money Logitech is something expensive for me, but then I got the mouse from Logi, and now it's the only mouse that left for me longer than a year, technically it's now 3rd year and seeing some wire exposed since the first year but clicking quality and how much abusive I put on clicking, it's still work like the first day I have bought it. For 40 Euros mouse that last 3 years that's quite something, while normally would use 13 Euros mouse and then since 8 months I got auto-click
4:12 Jeez a soundcard with a 6pin thats insane! There are lots of GPU's that don't even need a 6pin why would a sound card ever need more wattage then a gpu ??? Stability? im sure it would never ever really utilize it, the board should be more then capable of providing it power
Yes it should, but the manufacturer thinks that power straight from the power supply is "cleaner", meaning it doesn't suffer from fluctuations as much. Today a motherboard is more than capable of providing clean power.
Ik heb deze audio kaart al voor 2010 gebruik hem nog steeds in mij i9 12900k prime asus z690 prima kaart heb ook 5.1 logitch speaker set en deze audio kaart ontlast ook de cpu dat scheelt wel slok op een borrel Maar wat is dat een goede op volger moet wel de cpu ontlasten en audio op poetsen en een creative weer
Ik heb een video gemaakt waarin ik uitzoek of een geluidskaart uitmaakt of niet voor FPS. Misschien interessant voor jou? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aFy9jZzDSnY.htmlsi=QuLTkts7-SpzMeqe
@@AntonsHardware bedankt voor bericht. gebruik zelf meer voor muziek zoals live sets hardstyle jaren 2000 en hardcore en trance. hou van zuiver en goede goede bass net of je zelf op zo feest bent en gebruik nu ook de creative fatality hs 1000 usb koptelefoon maar ja die heeft een eigen usb geluids kaart na fimware update en zo een goede koptelefoon helemaal nog kunnen krijgen uit oosten rijk soort markt plaats Had eerst gewoon fality maar die was kapot gegaan helaas hebt ze nog wel maar zonder die fatality ontzewtten goede bass in ben echt wel een audio punctioneel op zich
What experiences have you had with latencies? There is a program called latency monitor; Supposedly, the lower the latency, the fewer glitches and interruptions there will be while using the card. Being PCIEX x1, it should already have a good response in that sense. Maybe a typical user won't notice that as an advantage. But in recordings and streaming it is a critical factor.
I still use the ZXR daily on a Win7U/Solus dualboot system. Soundquality in stereo is very good on both OS`s. No complains here. However for a top product the ZXR lacks badly in the software part. It lacks any controls for adjusting surround sound for example. I mean many features the way older Audigy2 ZS offered are simply absent in a more modern flagship ? Well,anyway,support for this soundcard ended years ago. So it is reduced by newer OS`s own campatibility drivers to a standart soundcard anyway - that still sound very good thanks to the hardware on the card.
@AntonsHardware: I've been trying to get my IO Drive to work for some time. No matter which driver I install, the 3 buttons, volume button and LEDs just don't work. My card is also recognized as "Xfi fatal1ty Pro Series" by the product registration, not as "Champion Series". The connection cable is definitely OK. It seems to be a common problem as you can find a lot about this problem but no solution. Can you please show me exactly which driver you are using to make it work?
Great review Anton, would Burson opamp work with M-Audio AP 192 ? I mean there is one swappable amp place available on the card but I am not sure would it have any effect on the sound that much. Been struggling to make this thing work on AM4 platform since I changed recently, what a bummer. BTW love your reviews take care man.
now my box works very good! see the video on my channel- what i did for win10- uploaded and installed the latest upgrades for the card- start the sonic studion- unplugged the hdmi from the box and plug it in back- the next step is to restart the sonic studion and it should works fine!!!
Thank you! The more highend soundcard do have a swappable opamp. I just hope more sound cards would have that option. It does add costs and that is why you don't see it that often.
I used to be a fan of sound cards. I've owned a SB Live! 5.1, Auzentech Cinema 7.1, Onkyo SE 90, and Asus Essence STX. But then I moved to external DAC and sold all my cards. I still regret selling the STX though. I just bought this card for $15 to be used as microphone input since the realtek chip on my motherboard is broken. Nice video btw...
Back in the days, the Realtek ALC codecs, were horrible. But the last couple of years, they've become better and better! I'm not sure about the 4080. I haven't come across them yet.
@@AntonsHardware yep it is goooooood! though the control box does not working((( i have noticed once the sonic firmware start to uploading the control box is working once it is complete uploading the control box does not working((((
@@AntonsHardware wow! i just noticed you replied to me! wow this is so cool thank you) i have been living in Coventry from 1998 till 2001 so have got many friends in UK))) wow this is so cool))) unfortunatelly due to the political situation in Russia i cannot travel anywer (((((
Both Electronic component quality and controlling software is important. There is only 1 option in the market Creative and others are sh*t. Asus is the most creepist and others are completely trash.
Haha, I thought about that a lot. But the problem is that my test bench has changed several times over the last couple of years. Which means that you can't really compare all cards.
I bought thos because the ob one on my Z690 with the ALC did not do in dynamic range, bass. The soundquality in all is almost incremental improved, BUT! There is no distorttion anymore in high bass levels and it is a notch better than onboard but not by much. It has a better sw, eq and options. No true Atmos/DTS encoding so the 5.1 is just tivoli fake ones. Not even ancient Dolby ProLogic. But at the price. Happy with 2.1 It does the bang better than most inboards. (And yes, my pc is hookerd up to a real Hi-Fi system.. and where a sub starts at 12")
You should also delve into SoundCard HotRodding/Modding.. Your SB1040 will be a good start.. Your reviews could also use some video clips of souncard hooked on AV receivers showcasing its audio soundstage, channel separations, supported audio formats, with & without cards apps Enhancements on Movie Streams, Gaming, and Musics..
best sounding sound card I ever used and sadly the worst supported sound card I have ever used. It worked on Win 7 perfectly, windows 8 not so good, windows 10 terrible & windows 11 no Way Jose. Pitty that,, I spent all that money and it only worked perfectly for one year. Asus & C-Media suck
I used this program today with Default settings. Everything was excellent. Headphone jack stereo tested on 48khz and 192khz. Insane results for my high end pc.
Great review! I also had an aversion to Bluetooth audio, but using the bluetooth from my Edifier speakers made me realize that bluetooth audio can sound pretty good.
Cool video! I was wondering if you would ever review a 5.1 or 71. multichannel pc speakers. I would love to hear your opinions about the audio quality that those sorts of speakers have.
